Automatic time lighting device.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUTOMATIC TIME LIGHTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed July 6,1906. Serial No. 324,878.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM M. GINN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plymouth, in the county of Pontotoc and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Automatic Time Lighting Device, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to automatic time lighting devices; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a device which is adapted to cooperate with an alarm-clock to strike a match and apply the same to a lamp or other like fixture and ignite the same.

The device consists, primarily, of a shelf or casing, upon which the clock and the lamp are supported. An arm is pivoted to the said casing, and a spring is connected with said arm. The tension of the spring of said arm is such as to have a tendency to swing the same toward the lamp. A scratchingsurface is located upon the casing to one side of the said arm. The arm is provided with a transversely-extending groove which is adapted to receive a match, and a springactuated catch operates over the groove and serves to hold a match in the same. A sliding trip is attached to the end of the arm and is adapted to pass at its end under the bell of the alarm-clock. When the said trip is under the said bell, the arm is swung away from the lamp. At the time that the alarmgoes off the bell-hammer strikes the said trip and moves the same longitudinally and causes its end to pass from under the edge of the bell, when the tension of the coil-spring swings the arm over toward the lamp. As the match passes the scratching-surface it comes in contact with the same and is lighted and is carried over to the lamp, where it ignites the wick.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the automatic time light ing device. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

The casing 1 is adapted to hold the lamp 2 and the clock 3. The said clock 3 is of the ordinary alarm type in general use. The arm 4 is pivoted to the casing 1 at a point between the lamp 2 and the clock 3. Said arm is provided near its free end with the transversely-extending groove 5, which is adapted to hold a match 6. The spring-rod 7 is attached at its end to the under side of the arm 4 and at its intermediate portion extends down and then passes vertically through the said arm and is provided with the hook end 8. The said hook 8 extends transversely across the groove 5 and is adapted to rest over the match 6 and retain the same in position in the said groove. The elastic or spring 9 is attached at one end to the casing 1 and at its other-end to the said arm 4. The tension of said spring is such as to have a tendency to swing the free end of the arm 4 toward the lamp 2.

The trip 10 is slidably located at the free end of the arm 4 and is provided at each end with a downwardly-extending flange 11 11. The said trip 10 is adapted to be projected under the edge of the bell 12 of the clock 3, and when in such position its outer end is in the path of the hammer 13. The disk 14 is loosely mounted on the pin 15, which in turn is attached to the casing 1. The said disk 14 is provided with the roughened surface 16. The spring 17 is attached at one end to the casing 1 and bears at its other end against the back of the disk 14 and holds the same out of parallel with the arm 4. The gage 18 is attached to the casing 1 and is located opposite the end of the groove 5 when the trip 10 is under the edge of the hell 2 and is adapted to regulate the distance at which the match 6 should project beyond the side of the arm 4.

In operation the device works as follows: The match 6 is inserted in the groove 5 and is held therein by the hook 8, actuated by the spring tension of the rod 7. The arm 4 is swung toward the clock 3, and the end of the trip 10 is projected under the edge of the bell 12. When the alarm goes off, the hammer 13 knocks against the end of the trip 10 and moves the said trip from under the edge of the bell 12. When this occurs, the tension of spring 9 comes into play and swings the free end of the arm 4 over toward the lamp 2. In passing the disk 14 the head of the match 6 comes in contact with the roughened surface 16, the said disk being so mounted that the match will not break the stem thereof. The match is thus lighted and is carried over to the wick of the lamp 2, which in turn is ignited. To remove the stem of the match from the arm 4, the intermediate portion of the spring-rod 7 is pushed up and the hook 8 rises above the match 6, when the remnant thereof may be removed from the groove 5. 4

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An automatic time lighting device consisting of a casing, an alarm-clock located thereon, a lighting-fixture located in proximity thereto, a spring-actuated arm pivoted to the casing, a trip attached to the arm and located in the path of the hammer of the clock, a spring-rod attached to the arm and having a hooked end adapted to retain a match, and a scratching-surface located upon the casing.

2. An automatic time lighting device consisting of an alarm-clock and a lighting-fixture, an arm pivotally supported and having means for retaining a match, a trip attached to the arm and adapted to engage the clock, a rotatable disk located between the clock and the fixture and having a scratching-surface and being slidably mounted upon its support.

3. An automatic time lighting device consisting of an alarm-clock and a lighting-fixture, a swinging arm pivoted between the clock and the fixture and having means for retaining a match, a trip carried by the arm and adapted to engage the clock, a disk located between the clock and the fixture, said disk having a scratching-surface, a pin passing through said disk and loosely supporting the same, a spring bearing against said disk and maintaining the same normally toward said arm.

4:. An automatic time lighting device consisting of an alarm-clock and a lighting-fixture, a swinging arm pivotally supported between the clock and the fixture, said arm having a transverselyextending grooveadapted to hold a match, a spring-rod having a hooked end located over said groove, a scratching surface located between the clock and the fixture and a trip attached to the arm and adapted to engage the clock.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM M. GINN.

Witnesses:

E. T. WINsToN, W. A. WINTERS. 

